The temperature is slowly falling, leaves will soon be turning colors, and football season has begin -  which means fall has arrived! This also means Lydia’s new Holiday catalog has been released with all of our new prints for my favorite holiday, Halloween! This year we have an even larger selection of Halloween tops, just for you.

We have our Cherokee 100% cotton Trickin' n' Treatin' Crewneck Warm-Up Jacket which has long sleeves which are perfect for those crisp fall days and for those in offices where they usually layer to keep warm! This jacket has a snap front for easy removal and matching knit cuffs to keep the sleeves out of you way.

Who doesn't love Mickey Mouse? From his big ears to his silly laugh, kids of all ages know and love him. Our newest Mickey Mouse addition, the Mickey Scream Contrast Scrub Top,  just happens to be a Halloween top! This short sleeve v-neck top is made with 100% and has silly Mickey faces all over it.  

If character Halloween prints are not your style check out our Skull N Bones Kathryn Scrub Top. This mock wrap top is adorable and can be worn anytime of year. The pink contrasting trim and the fun silver skulls keep the top from being too scary without taking away all of Halloween flair.

These are just a few of my favorites from our new 2012 Holiday catalog, what are some of yours?

 

When most people think of scrubs they think of a medical office or hospital setting, but what about dental offices? Lydia’s actually has a section specifically for dental prints, with quite a few fun colors and styles! We have long sleeve jackets like our Cherokee Sweet Tooth Crewneck Warm-Up Jacket which comes in a pastel purple with fun teeth characters on it. We also have short sleeve print tops such as our new Grafx By Barco 100% Cotton Sparkle Ruffle Neck Scrub Top. This adorable top comes in both a v-neck and the ruffle neck top, a break from the ordinary! The bright colors and fun frogs are sure to make everyone smile.

Check out the all of our Dental items for yourself!

Spring is in the air, which means it's time for our new Spring catalog! I love the colors, prints and styles available in this catalog and I know you will too.

Here are a few highlights from our Spring collection:

• Character scrubs by Tooniforms- All new Carebears, Betty Boop, Tinkerbell and Bambi prints are here
• Fresh florals- perfect picks for Spring
• Colorful accessories like the Sanita Professional Xenia shoe or these fun watches by Nurse Mates

And there's much more! So if you can't wait for you catalog to arrive in the mail, just click here to view it online or click here to view all new items.

Enjoy!

When it comes to cute Hello Kitty cannot be beat. And this cartoon kitten is everywhere, from school supplies to musical instruments and, best of all, on your character scrubs!

The Cherokee 100% Cotton Green Hello Kitty Square Neck Scrub Top, shown to the left, features a "Go Green!" message and a fashionable square neck style. It looks awesome with almost any color scrub pants, so it's an easy addition to your uniform wardrobe. Click here to shop this look. Or if you're gearing up for Halloween, we also have a Hello Kitty Halloween Contrast Mock Wrap Scrub Top available now that's the perfect mix of scary and cute!

So what do you think of Hello Kitty cartoon scrubs? Do you love wearing fun prints like this to work or do you like to stick to more traditional styles or solid scrubs?

If you work with kids or just love fun and youthful prints you have to check out these two new Disney scrub tops! Minnie Mouse and Tinkerbell are cute as can be on these medical uniforms and each of looks can be worn with different colored pants for a whole new style. Try pairing the Minnie Kisses Top with Black, Royal or White pants. The Tinker Bell Top can be worn with Black, Pewter, Red, Shocking Pink or White; so many choices! What Disney character is your favorite? Are Minnie and Tinkerbell at the top of your list?

Nursing scrubs can be festive! Halloween is just around the corner so now is a good time to place your order for one of our fun prints! Check out our Halloween print tops and jackets:

Lydia’s 100% Cotton Creepy Cuties Top and Warm-Up Jacket: I personally love the cute skulls with bows, blacks cats, creepy spiders and owls. What a lively print! It would go great with a pair of colorful scrub pants.

Lydia's 100% Cotton Collecting Candies and Warm-Up Jacket: Very cute black and white ghosts collecting colorful candy. This prints look very nice with black or white, as well as colorful scrubs pants!




Koi 100% Cotton Ghosts Demi Scrub Top Spooky: A stylish take on Halloween. The fun and flirty style of the Koi top is complimented with the white ghost outlines.

Cherokee 100% Cotton Not So Scary Pooh Contrast Scrub Top: A youthful Halloween print featuring the favorite characters Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and Tigger. The black trim detail makes this top look great with black pants.

We would love to see any pics you have while wearing a Halloween print!

My congratulations to Colleen, last month’s winner of our Editor @ Large contest! Colleen is a Pediatric, Home Health Nurse who says she’s been “aching to get new scrubs and ‘real’ shoes!” When asked which nursing scrubs are her favorite, Colleen replied, “I’m hooked on Dickies scrubs. They fit great, they're comfortable, they wash well (don't fade/wrinkle)... I have Dickies scrubs that are 3 years in the wearing (!) and the colors are still vibrant. I love wearing good, comfortable scrubs because it's like wearing your favorite pajamas to work.”  As our winner, Colleen will be receiving a $50 gift card to Lydia’s and I’m confident that she’ll be able to update her uniform with some new looks from Dickies or a new pair of shoes.

Here’s her wining comment:
Congrats again Colleen and good luck to everyone who enters this month’s contest.

I get really excited when I receive mail. I mean the good kind of mail, not junk or bills. Now that I think about it, my excitement about mail is probably half of the reason I have an account with Netflix. At Lydia's the other day we received the good kind of mail: a letter from happy customers! And since the letter was so nice, and because it enclosed two great pictures of the customers in their apparel scrubs, I decided to share some of it with you.

These two Lydia's customers aren't wearing their nursing scrubs to a hospital or clinic; they're wearing scrubs to school! Jane and Joanne  work as school nurses in New Jersey and they say they love wearing their Lydia’s scrubs. Well I believe them because they look pretty happy wearing their stylish medical scrubs in these pictures. In the letter they exclaimed, [the photos are] "of us in our matching Stray's Anatomy scrubs, looking as good, if not better than Katheirne Heigl herself!" I agree ladies, you look great in your medical scrubs, watch out Katherine Heigl. 

 

They also stated, “the children love the recognizable characters and the bright colors and we love the durability of the scrubs.”

Thanks for sending in the good kind of mail ladies! And if any readers love the scrub  top that these ladies are wearing you can check it out here.

Whenever I go in for a check up I notice the names of the doctors and nurses embroidered on their lab coats. It really adds a nice personal touch to their look (and it helps me remember their names!) I’ve also noticed that a few of the nurses have logos embroidered on their coats and I think it defintely enhances the style and personality of any medical uniform.  

 

Lydia’s offers all sorts of embroidery options from different logos to a variety of text styles. I talked to Melissa in our customer service department to see if there were any common customer questions regarding embroidery and she talked me through some of them. So if you’re thinking about getting embroidery on your medical clothing uniforms or stylish medical scrubs, this is what you need to know:

 

·  Lydia’s offers a variety of logos, thread colors and fonts. To view these go to the item that you would like embroidery and click the add embroidery box. After checking this box you can view the thread, lettering and logo options by clicking on the, “More Details,” links. Choose the options you like best and don’t forget: light thread colors work best on dark fabrics and dark threads on light fabrics. These are some of my favorite logos.

 

·  There are a few different fonts available; the ladies from the embroidery department gave me these suggestions on fonts. Good Times is a fun font, Roman Script and Gothic Script are popular professional business looks. Oriental Script is the only style that is all caps by default, but Open Block and Full Block are also available in all caps by request. My favorite style is Roman Script!

 

·  If you decide to have a logo and name on the same side of your top, the logo will go on top by default.

 

·  The size of embroidery starts at ¾ inches tall, but depends on the style and garment.

 

·  There may be a limit on the amount of characters to be embroidered because they have to fit inside the loop of the embroidery machine. 

 

· Lydia’s also offers custom embroidery. This has to be done over the phone so we can ensure that everything is just how you want it. If you’re all  ready to order a custom logo for your medical clothing uniforms or if you just want a pricing quote for a logo on your hospital scrubs, this is the number to call: 1.800.293.7721

 

·  Our embroidery department works really hard to ensure that all orders come out exactly how you want them. Check out these pics that Rachel got from the embroidery department. This is where it all happens! 

If there are any more questions about embroidery feel free to leave a comment and I’ll get back to you. Or of course you can always call our customer service department at 1.800.293.7721 and they’ll have answers to all your questions.

I had intentions of writing a blog post about the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy, but somehow that time came and went and now it just seems to be too late. I’m not sure how I could have forgotten considering I absolutely loved the last episode, but somehow I managed to push it out of my mind; I guess we’ll just move on.

 

What subject are we moving on to? The subject is hospital scrubs in your television (very similar to Grey’s Anatomy, I know). Scrubs are everywhere! Hospital dramas have been around for awhile and I doubt that they’ll be going out of style any time soon. M.A.S.H. has been on since the 1970s and I’m almost positive that my dad is still watching it (and trying to make me watch it when I go home and visit). And who can forget about Doogie Howser, teenage genius? Clearly not me; the image of him donning hospital scrubs, lab coat and clipboard in hand is still fresh in my memory.

 

Now almost four decades after M.A.S.H. we have our pick of hospital television. Grey’s Anatomy, General Hospital, ER, House and Scrubs are all in full swing and I’m probably still forgetting a few. On television doctors and nurses are substantially more interesting than the rest of us and it seems as if they never go to bed. Lives are lived inside the hospital and the witty banter never seems to cease. If real life medical professionals are anything like they are on television I would never survive!

 

So what do you think about these shows. How do they measure up when it comes to portraying reality? Which show is the most realistic? Are there scenes or situations that occur on these shows that have you fuming about how untrue they are?

 

And how about their hospital uniforms, how do those compare? On Scrubs, Grey’s Anatomy, ER and General Hospital we see the basic v-neck scrub tops and matching pants. House characters outfit themselves in professional attire underneath the long white lab coats. Since they’re all wearing similar medical clothing uniforms, which cast as a whole do you think wears it best? We all know what I would say, so tell me what you think!

 

In case your memory needs refreshing, or you’re just in need of some entertainment, here are a few video clips from the shows.

 

As you all know, I was patiently (ok, impatiently) waiting for the return of Grey’s Anatomy. And of course I forgot to watch it the first week it was on and then had other obligations the second week it was on, but thanks to the Internet and television online I’m all caught up…and also thoroughly annoyed with Rose for professing her love for Derek, but that’s a whole different blog post.

 

Since I’ve begun working at Lydia’s Uniforms, I can’t help but take notice of what everyone on the show is wearing. Now that I’ve seen all the different styles, colors and prints of scrubs that are available from Lydia’s it made me think that most of the characters don’t get too creative when they buy medical scrubs. Most of their hospital uniforms consist of the same blue scrubs and a lab coat. Of course, that might just be the dress code at Seattle Grace.

 

Now don’t get me wrong, I do think their blue scrubs look great on them and they all seem to fit really well. I just thought that for how stylish those doctors are outside of Seattle Grace Hospital that they would at least want to add a little something extra to their hospital uniforms. I guess between all the personal drama and hospital drama, there’s no time for deciding what to wear to work. And in that case, I think it’s best that they stick to scrubs that they know look good.  

 

So what I think they should do to spice up their uniforms is to stick with their blue scrubs and add new lab coats. The ladies could wear more fitted lab coats, like this one from Urbane. Or everyone at the hospital could have their lab coats embroidered. They could use the Seattle Grace Logo, or their names. Would it be too much if Mark’s lab coat said McSteamy? Probably. Maybe they could just stick to the hospital logo.

 

What do you think about the Grey’s Anatomy scrubs? Has anyone tried the Grey’s Anatomy line from Lydia’s? I love how this top has the subtle empire waist and the big front pockets. What do you think?